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1984 World Weightlifting Championships

International weightlifting competition

Field	Value
name	1984 Men's World Championships
host_city	Los Angeles, United States
dates	29 July–August-8 August 1984
previous	1983
next	1985

The 1984 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States from July 29 to August 8, 1984. There were 187 men in action from 48 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1984 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counts for World Weightlifting Championships. The Soviet-led boycott meant that the most dominant forces in weightlifting at the time, the USSR, Bulgaria and East Germany did not take part.

Medal summary

52 kg	56 kg	60 kg	67.5 kg	75 kg	82.5 kg	90 kg
Snatch	Zhou Peishun	107.5 kg	Hidemi Miyashita	107.5 kg	Zeng Guoqiang	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zeng Guoqiang	130.0 kg	Kazushito Manabe	130.0 kg	Zhou Peishun	127.5 kg
Total	Zeng Guoqiang	235.0 kg	Zhou Peishun	235.0 kg	Kazushito Manabe	232.5 kg
Snatch	Lai Runming	125.0 kg	Wu Shude	120.0 kg	Masahiro Kotaka	112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wu Shude	147.5 kg	Takashi Ichiba	140.0 kg	Masahiro Kotaka	140.0 kg
Total	Wu Shude	267.5 kg	Lai Runming	265.0 kg	Masahiro Kotaka	252.5 kg
Snatch	Tsai Wen-yee	125.0 kg	Chen Weiqiang	125.0 kg	Gelu Radu	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Weiqiang	157.5 kg	Gelu Radu	155.0 kg	Uolevi Kahelin	155.0 kg
Total	Chen Weiqiang	282.5 kg	Gelu Radu	280.0 kg	Tsai Wen-yee	272.5 kg
Snatch	Andrei Socaci	142.5 kg	Yao Jingyuan	142.5 kg	Dean Willey	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yao Jingyuan	177.5 kg	Choji Taira	172.5 kg	Jouni Grönman	172.5 kg
Total	Yao Jingyuan	320.0 kg	Andrei Socaci	312.5 kg	Jouni Grönman	312.5 kg
Snatch	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky	150.0 kg	Li Shunzhu	147.5 kg	Dragomir Cioroslan	147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky	190.0 kg	Jacques Demers	187.5 kg	Dave Morgan	185.0 kg
Total	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky	340.0 kg	Jacques Demers	335.0 kg	Dragomir Cioroslan	332.5 kg
Snatch	Petre Becheru	155.0 kg	Giuseppe Lagrotteria	150.0 kg	Ryoji Isaoka	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Petre Becheru	200.0 kg	Robert Kabbas	192.5 kg	Ryoji Isaoka	190.0 kg
Total	Petre Becheru	355.0 kg	Robert Kabbas	342.5 kg	Ryoji Isaoka	340.0 kg
Snatch	Nicu Vlad	172.5 kg	Petre Dumitru	165.0 kg	David Mercer	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nicu Vlad	220.0 kg	Hwang Woo-won	197.5 kg	Petre Dumitru	195.0 kg
Total	Nicu Vlad	392.5 kg	Petre Dumitru	360.0 kg	David Mercer	352.5 kg
Snatch	Oliver Orok	172.5 kg	Rolf Milser	167.5 kg	Vasile Groapă	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasile Groapă	217.5 kg	Rolf Milser	217.5 kg	Pekka Niemi	207.5 kg
Total	Rolf Milser	385.0 kg	Vasile Groapă	382.5 kg	Pekka Niemi	367.5 kg
Snatch	Norberto Oberburger	175.0 kg	Gary Taylor	170.0 kg	Guy Carlton	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Norberto Oberburger	215.0 kg	Ștefan Tașnadi	212.5 kg	Guy Carlton	210.0 kg
Total	Norberto Oberburger	390.0 kg	Ștefan Tașnadi	380.0 kg	Guy Carlton	377.5 kg
Snatch	Mario Martinez	185.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger	177.5 kg	Dean Lukin	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Dean Lukin	240.0 kg	Mario Martinez	225.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger	220.0 kg
Total	Dean Lukin	412.5 kg	Mario Martinez	410.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger	397.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

References

Results (Sport 123)
Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics

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